My parents and sister live 3 hours away from my home that I share with my fiance and his two children. I would like to be able to open gifts with both families, but due to BM's flakiness, I have no idea if I can make it happen. You can never plan anything with her because she "forgets" if you tell her too far in advance. We have no idea if she is going to pick up the kids on Xmas or not. We could plan to leave for my parents' in the afternoon and she very well may never show up. It's so frustrating!!

SS17 refuses to talk about his college decision and DH doesnt' want to brng it up because it stresses his baby boy out....are you Fn kidding me???
I contacted a couple colleges a week or so back about information in ss's very limited area of interest in school. Wednesday night DH told me to just let SS17 figure out his future himself, he's been ungrateful and unappreciative and to just let him take control for a while of his future.

I started with what I thought was going to be a WWYD question, but it's probably going to turn into a vent. A little history: DH has custody of his two teenage children. Their mom moved 1/2 way across the country when custody was changed from mom to dad. She up and left her husband at the time (not my DH, her 3rd husband) to move in with a boyfriend.

My SS5 has some speech and social issues that I don't know how to handle. He is in a special kindergarten to help deal with the issues, but I am at the end of my rope at home.